Wednesday, January 6, 2016

The Lighthouse Pylon will be on sale at Amazon for 99 cents for a one week, starting Friday, Jan 8, 2015.

CURL HOYER WAS A MAN WHO COULD NOT BE FOOLED… EXCEPT THIS ONCE.

1955. The unstoppable sea and an immovable lighthouse tower that holds the key to several lives, past, present, and future.

Approaching middle-age and desperately lonely, Lighthouse Keeper Curl Hoyer is pining to find a wife, the unique partner just right for him.

When alluring photo-journalist Henne arrives to do a story on him and the coastal facility, his prayer seems answered at last. Seductive and intriguing, she quickly makes him fall in love with her — all according to plan.

What is that plan?

At first blush, it appears nothing more than a desire to corral a man of unusual character. Soon, it’s uncovered to be a devilish scheme for revenge, payback for wounds nursed since adolescence. Henne intends both Curl and the tower the ultimate harm.

Why? What’s the mysterious connection between the pair that reaches back 20 years? How can a haunting seaside tower bring them together for one final showdown? And can Curl uncover the plan in time to save himself and the vital ship’s guide, standing guard for three generations?

Tellen Song, or the education of
Wilhelm Tell, released Christmas, 2015.

Publishing the story of the William
Tell — part legend, part history — was something of a Christmas
gift to myself.

I happened across an article some years
ago that tried valiantly to outline how much was myth and how much
true story. An heroic attempt but one that didn’t succeed entirely,
nor do I think the author thought he would. Too much is lost in the
mists of time. It has been over 700 years after all.

Yes, the Battle of Morgarten, one of
the precipitating events to the founding of Switzerland, occurred in
November, 1315 AD. That’s certainly a verifiable event. (Though,
even here there is some controversy among historians.) And yet, there
is so much that is ill-known about how the country we now call
Switzerland came to be.

That shouldn’t be surprising. It was
a very long time ago, and in an area where written records were not
the norm. But there are other reasons, some of which are possibly of
interest to an English-reading audience, most of whom pay little
attention to Switzerland (like most of the world).

One major factor in that uncertainty is
the sheer complexity of German politics of the period. The late
13th-early 14th centuries were a time of an
array of mind-boggling competition among power-lusting individuals,
families, and factions.

That extended from north, east, and
west of what is now Switzerland down to Lombardy (northern Italy) and
beyond. The rulers of the badly-named Holy Roman Empire had been
messing about not only in central and south Europe for generations
but all throughout Italy, too.

You’d think the Alpine mountain
ranges would’ve cut them off at the pass, but the St. Gotthard and
others helped open up Italy not only to trade but to the usual rapine
from men who want want others have produced.

And that brings us back to Tellen Song,
which covers a great deal of this history, grasping and factional
fighting, and a fair amount of more personal events — both real and
invented.

Give it a few minutes exploration,
please. Read the blurb. Download and read the sample. Let me know
what you think — good, bad, or otherwise.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

In honor of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Paris, fought March 30-31, 1814, ClioStory Publishing is sponsoring a giveaway of Jeffrey Perren’s “Cossacks In Paris.”

The giveaway for a free, autographed copy of Cossacks In Paris, runs from March 30, 2014 to April 20, 2014. The Battle of Paris began on March 30, 1814 and, after abdicating, Napoleon left France for exile on the island of Elba on April 20th. It would be more than nine months before his return, which began the 100 days leading up to his final defeat at the famed Battle of Waterloo.

“Rebellious engineer Breutier Armande is drafted into Napoleon’s Grande Armeé on the eve of the 1812 Russian campaign. On a spying mission to St. Petersburg he meets Kaarina, daughter of the counselor to Tsar Alexander I.

The pair soon fall in love — but Kaarina is betrothed to Agripin, a brooding Cossack and a favorite of the Tsar. When she refuses him, Agripin kidnaps her, sowing a showdown to the death between the two young men.

Risking a firing squad, Breutier deserts Napoleon's army during the war. Dodging the vengeance of the world's most powerful rulers catapults him onto a perilous quest to hunt down his greatest enemy.”

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

"Clonmac's Bridge" is now available in paperback.If you choose to buy in that format, please consider using this Amazon-affiliated link:Clonmac paperback, CreateSpace eStoreFor those who might prefer the regular Amazon website page/link (where you can also get the Kindle version):
Clonmac paperback, Amazon
(Either way, the delivery process is the same.)

“Fascinating, detailed and complex, an investigation that takes us from the present day back to 9th century Ireland. An involved plot admirably probed by Griffin Clonmac and Mari his Peruvian assistant; an absorbing, mysterious archaeological thriller.” - Lili“A maritime archaeologist raises a medieval monastery span from the mud of the River Shannon, sunken for 1,200 years... and finds it perfectly preserved.What could account for this astounding longevity? Why are his colleagues, the Irish government, and the Church so desperate to prevent him learning the secret? And why is his consummate lover his greatest enemy?Griffin Clonmac will go through hell to find out.He won’t go alone. Inspired by a real discovery, Clonmac’s Bridge shifts between contemporary times and 9th century Ireland. It tells the story of two men who struggle against envy and mediocrity — a millennium apart — aided only by a loyal helpmate and an unconquerable will.An archaeological thriller, a love story, and a pensée on society then and now, Jeffrey Perren fans are sure to find this latest novel his best yet.”Get your copy at Amazon today.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

“Fascinating, detailed and complex, an investigation that takes us from the present day back to 9th century Ireland. An involved plot admirably probed by Griffin Clonmac and Mari his Peruvian assistant; an absorbing, mysterious archaeological thriller.” - Lili

“A maritime archaeologist raises a medieval monastery span from the mud of the River Shannon, sunken for 1,200 years... and finds it perfectly preserved.

What could account for this astounding longevity? Why are his colleagues, the Irish government, and the Church so desperate to prevent him learning the secret? And why is his consummate lover his greatest enemy?

Griffin Clonmac will go through hell to find out.

He won’t go alone. Inspired by a real discovery, Clonmac’s Bridge shifts between contemporary times and 9th century Ireland. It tells the story of two men who struggle against envy and mediocrity — a millennium apart — aided only by a loyal helpmate and an unconquerable will.

An archaeological thriller, a love story, and a pensée on society then and now, Jeffrey Perren fans are sure to find this latest novel his best yet.”

Thursday, March 20, 2014

My latest novel, Clonmac's Bridge, will be available in paperback and Kindle formats on March 22.

“A maritime archaeologist raises a
medieval monastery span from the mud of the River Shannon, sunken for
1,200 years... and finds it perfectly preserved.

What
could account for this astounding longevity? Why are his colleagues, the
Irish government, and the Church so desperate to prevent him learning
the secret? And why is his consummate lover his greatest enemy?

Griffin Clonmac will go through hell to find out.

He
won’t go alone. Inspired by a real discovery, Clonmac’s Bridge shifts
between contemporary times and 9th century Ireland. It tells the story
of two men who struggle against envy and mediocrity — a millennium apart
— aided only by a loyal helpmate and an unconquerable will.

An
archaeological thriller, a love story, and a pensée on society then and
now, Jeffrey Perren fans are sure to find this latest novel his best
yet.”